Animal Diversity

This section deals with all aspects of animal diversity, from evolution, to phylogeny, adaptation, and conservation, from the species up to community interactions with ecosystems. As Diversity is a generalist journal, specialized or local studies will be evaluated only if discussion leads to/illustrates general questions/conclusions in relation with diversity. Experimental and field studies are favored, but theoretical studies will be considered if dealing with an original approach to evaluate animal diversity.

Animal Diversity and Diversity Preservation:

Systematics, taxonomy and phylogeny
Morphology
Genetic diversity and conservation
Global and local change effects on animal biodiversity
Diversity of functions
Fragmentation effects
Invasive organisms
Conservation management

Evolution and Ecology

Population genetics and ecology
Community and ecosystem ecology
Macroevolution
Functional morphology and redundancy
Palaeontology
Restoration ecology
Diversity, evolution and ecology of secondary metabolites
Biogeography

General Aspects of Animal Diversity Assessment:

Phylogenetic analyses
Statistical methods
Mathematical models
Theoretical methods
Computational methods
Diversity index
Next generation sequencing, DNA barcoding, and omics
Spatial modelling

Freshwater Animal Diversity

Environmental DNA
Ecosystem functioning and food webs
Limnology
Fish & invertebrate ecology